The Hindu 22.12.2010
Tirupattur Municipality gears up for tax collection
Tirupattur Municipality has intensified its tax collection efforts. People queue up at a counter in the municipality premises to pay tax on Tuesday.
TIRUPATTUR: The Tirupattur Municipality has intensified its tax collection drive. It has asked all assesses to pay the tax amount immediately to avoid disconnection of water supply and attachment of property.
The local body has taken up efforts to collect various taxes - property tax on buildings and vacant sites, water charges, professional tax and non-tax from municipal limits. The drive also aims at collecting tax arrears. There are a total of 15,350 households - property tax assesses - in the municipality limit, a municipal official said.
“We have engaged a vehicle carrying public addressing system to travel to all areas in Tirupattur town urging assesses to pay the amount immediately to help the municipality implement development schemes. We have asked the public to pay tax and avoid disconnection of water supply and attachment of property. They should cooperate with the municipality,” the official said.
The local body had to recover tax arrears of Rs. 3.95 crore for 2010-2011, the official said, adding, “only if the public pay tax on time, we can carry out development works such as laying of roads, improvement schemes for water supply, etc. We expect to recover the arrears too through this drive.”
At present, there is a counter at the municipal office for tax collection.
